Abraham Lincoln, John Quincy Adams, and Slavery

2017-10-08T19:59:52-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/d19/20171008200833003_hd.jpgFred Kaplan outlined how the sixth president of the United States, John Quincy Adams, and the 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, confronted the political dilemmas of slavery from colonization to emancipation. Their public careers briefly overlapped in the U.S. House of Representatives. Mr. Kaplan is the author of Lincoln and the Abolitionists: John Quincy Adams, Slavery, and the Civil War.

Abraham Lincoln, John Quincy Adams, and SlaveryFred Kaplan outlined how the sixth president of the United States, John Quincy Adams, and the 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, confronted the political dilemmas of slavery from colonization to emancipation. Their public careers briefly overlapped in the U.S. House of Representatives. Mr. Kaplan is the author of Lincoln and the Abolitionists: John Quincy Adams, Slavery, and the Civil War. close

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Fred KaplanDistinguished Professor EmeritusCity University of New York->English